Fact or Opinion

Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?

"A gene is a segment of DNA."

• Fact

• Opinion

Answer explanation

This sentence is a statement, not a question or command. That is one clue that it is a fact and not an opinion.

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Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?

"The full set of 46 chromosomes carries all your genes, so you have a complete set of genes inside every cell."

• Fact

• Opinion

Answer explanation

This sentence is another statement. It can also be backed up by scientific research. This can be found in many trust-worthy sources.

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Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?

"That's an awful lot of DNA!"

• Fact

• Opinion

Answer explanation

This sentence is an exclamation and an opinion. While we might agree with it, someone else could say that compared to other mammals, that is not a lot of DNA.

(You could reasonably argue with this statement).

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Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?

"A DNA molecule is made up of two linked strands that wind around each other to resemble a twisted ladder in a helix-like shape."

www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Double-Helix

• Fact

• Opinion

Answer explanation

This sentence is another statement and it can be proved by the research of others.

There could always be new research that tells us new information, but right now, this is fact.

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Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?

"I wish I had inherited genes that made me taller."

• Fact

• Opinion

Answer explanation

While this sentence is a statement, it is sharing a belief - something that someone wants. It is not a fact that can be proven by research. It's a feeling!

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Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?

"That is so cool!"

• Fact

• Opinion

Answer explanation

Our thoughts may be true for us (we may think something is cool) that does not make our thoughts facts that can be proven by research and data.

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Is the sentence a fact or an opinion?

"Genes carry the code for many of thousands of different proteins."

• Fact

• Opinion

Answer explanation

Hopefully it is now easy to see why this sentence is a fact.

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